Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: F. D. Holland. 1958. Taxonomic names, in Crabs from the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) of North Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 32:495-505
Belongs to Ranina according to H. Karasawa et al. 2014
See also Holland 1958 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ranina aldrovandi, Ranina bavarica, Ranina berglundi, Ranina bouilleana, Ranina brevispina, Ranina cretacea, Ranina cuspidata, Ranina elegans, Ranina georgiana, Ranina granulosa, Ranina griesbachi, Ranina haszlinskyi, Ranina hirsuta, Ranina laevifrons, Ranina laevis, Ranina lamiensis, Ranina marestiana, Ranina molengraaffi, Ranina oblonga, Ranina ornata, Ranina palmea, Ranina pellattieroi, Ranina propinqua, Ranina quinquespinosa, Ranina ranina, Ranina reussi, Ranina speciosa, Ranina tejoniana, Ranina trechmanni
Type specimen: USNM 562094, a carapace. Its type locality is West side of road, west of Moffit, which is in a Danian marine sandstone in the Cannonball Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at West side of road, west of Moffit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.